07-26-2006, 10:02 AM
<b>Punjab farmers to lay seize of Parliament</b> <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Moga, July 26: In response to a call given by the Bharti Kisan Union (Lakhowal), several farmers from Punjab would join other peasants to lay seize of Parliament today in support of their demands, including the waiving of loans.
The demands include early announcement of Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Kharif crops and against the price hike of essential commodities.
A five-member delegation led by BKU (Lakhowal) acting president Manjit Singh Kadian will be meeting Prime Minister Monmohan Singh and submitting a memorandum to him, Kadian said.
Kadian who led several farmers from Punjab to New Delhi, said the <b>peasants will be pressing the Centre for early waiving of loans of farmers, dalits and other poor which led to the large number of suicides in the state as well as in other parts of country</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The demands include early announcement of Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Kharif crops and against the price hike of essential commodities.
A five-member delegation led by BKU (Lakhowal) acting president Manjit Singh Kadian will be meeting Prime Minister Monmohan Singh and submitting a memorandum to him, Kadian said.
Kadian who led several farmers from Punjab to New Delhi, said the <b>peasants will be pressing the Centre for early waiving of loans of farmers, dalits and other poor which led to the large number of suicides in the state as well as in other parts of country</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->